Four members of cross-border drugs gang jailed

A cross-border drugs gang has been disrupted following the imprisonment of four of its members.

Desmond Enfield, 34, from Ramelton in Co Donegal; Kieran Austin, 61, from Lurgan; Darren Donnelly, 33, from Sixmilecross, Omagh and Seamus Boyce, 38, from Letterkenny, Co Donegal were all jailed at Craigavon Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a series of drugs offences.

The men were arrested in April 2016 and £300,000 worth of cannabis was recovered following a joint operation by the PSNI and the Garda into a drugs gang operating in the Londonderry and County Donegal areas.

Enfield received a 12-month prison term, and 12 months on licence, Boyce and Austin were jailed for eight months with eight months on licence, and Donnelly received a six-month prison term and six months on licence.